Productivity, Productivity, Productivity
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic survey of the UK, writes John Egan….
October 17, 2017
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic survey of the UK, writes John Egan….
September 6, 2017
British negotiators in Brussels are missing the point and will never win a good deal. Why? Because the European Union is more about politics than economics, writes Murray Ritchie. Many years ago…
August 28, 2017
Imagine Apple Inc. as a quintessentially huge machine fuelled by investment, converting labour into value and, via sales, into revenue and profit. John Egan looks beyond the data to what is happening at…
June 30, 2017
At the heart of a modern economy there beats a pacemaker with a rhythm that in large part sets its productivity, its exchange rates and the prosperity of its people. John Egan…
June 28, 2017
In the works of 19th century political economists, the understanding of the nature of value is of major significance. The Labour Theory of Value is its foundation stone, writes John Egan. In…
May 30, 2017
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan writes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
May 4, 2017
The UK economy appears to be venturing where no nation has gone before – at least in modern times. John Egan puts forward new analysis which shows the United Kingdom is leading…
April 28, 2017
Today saw the publication of the latest GDP figures for the UK economy. It grew 0.3 per cent over the first quarter of 2017, according to preliminary estimates. Here John Egan introduces…
April 10, 2017
It is going to be a hard road to haul to achieve the great Britain of Brexit dreams, writes Geoff Kitney. In all the discussion about what sort of Britain will emerge…
April 6, 2017
A slew of new United Kingdom productivity statistics were yesterday released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headlines tell a familiar story, but dig deeper and the UK appears a…